Value Engineering Co. v. Gisell

Clark, Judge.

How far does jurisdiction extend under Georgia’s Long Arm Statute? That question confronts us in this case of first impression under facts appropriate to a Twenty-first Century science fiction story.

The instant case involves a plaintiff passenger who sued Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Value Engineering Company as co-defendants. She alleges she was unnecessarily exposed to radioactive contamination which caused her to suffer physical and genetic injury with great mental anguish. Allegedly, this was due to leakage from a shipment of radioactive material packaged and consigned by Value…